Gippsland tipped to share in funds for rain-hit roads

VicRoads expects that cash announced this week by the Victorian Government to fix water-damaged roads will flow on to Gippsland.

The State Government announced it will spend another $45 million to maintain and repair roads damaged by heavy rains.

Harvey Denelli, from VicRoads, says two years of big rain has exhausted its staff and contractors.

He says the money is likely to be spent on fixing potholes along the South Gippsland Highway, Bass Highway and Princes Freeway.

"Certainly areas around the coast have been significantly hit in the last couple of years, so that would be around Bass Coast, South Gippsland but even further out, around Wellington and East Gippsland would have some issues as well," he said.

South Gippsland Shire Council's acting chief executive, Anthony Seabrook, says he hopes to hear more about how the extra funding will affect the area when he meets VicRoads today.

He says the council has accessed state and federal emergency grant money to repair roads and spent $7 million on fixing its own gravel roads.

Mr Seabrook says many roads in the shire are in need of urgent repair.

"So you might have large potholes between Leongatha and Inverloch and there's larges potholes on all different sections," he said.

"So it's wherever the drainage hasn't been fantastic and or the watertable hasn't been getting up with where the pavement failures have been occurring."